Asian Long horned Beetle (Anoplophora glabripennis) General Info: Also known as the starry sky beetle or ALB Large black insect with white spots on wing covers; legs are bluish white on upper surface. adults are typically 1-1.5 in. long. The distinctive long antennae that give the beetle its common name are as long as the body in females and almost twice the body length in males Detailed Description (Life Cycle/Reproduction): The ALB spends most of its life cycle inside of the tree. Female beetles eat through layers of fibrous tree tissue and deposit her eggs inside the trunk of the tree safe from harm. This damages the tree's vital plumbing and inner systems needed for sending water to the branches.An individual female can lay from 35 to 90 eggs; they then hatch between 10-15 days from when they are laid.The beetle larvae feed on the living tree tissue during the fall and winter, and then they emerge out of exit holes during the spring. After they exit, they feed on the exterior of the tree for 2-3 days then....they mate.They are only active during summer and early fall months before dying- completing a one year life cycle. They feed on the trees they were hatched in. They are so successful because there is no known chemical or biological defense against it.
The ALB out compete the native species because they kill trees that some species inhabit or feed off of. Habitat and Distribution: The ALB live in trees. They especially like maple, horse chestnuts, poplars, willows, elms, mulberries and black locusts. They are originally from China and have spread to Brooklyn and Amityville, New York, and to Chicago, Illinois.
Impacts: They have no positive impact on the environment.Their negative impact is they destroy hardwood trees.By eating the trees and damaging the trees insides. The economic impact is the cost of cutting down, chipping and burning of trees.This has to be done by certified tree personnel so additional costs might be necessary. History: The Asian Long horned beetle is originally from Asia and was accidently shipped to the U.S. in 1996. The first incident of this species was in Brooklyn, New York. Control Measures: Only way to eliminate this beetle is by cutting down the trees the beetles inhabit.The foresters after identifying the trees have to cut them down and burn them to kill the beetles. This has resulted in thousand of trees being removed from areas threatened by the beetles.
Work Cited:
Peabody, Erin, and Alfredo Flores. "New defenses against the daunting Asian longhorned beetle." Agricultural Research.54. 5 (May 2006): 14(2). Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. Stroudsburg High School. 18 Nov. 2008 <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do? &contentSet=IAC-Documents &type=retrieve &tabID=T002 &prodId=SRC-1 &docId=A145836837 &source=gale &srcprod=SRCG &userGroupName=stro53037 &version=1.0>.
EPPO. EPPO Data Sheet on Quarantine Pests. EPPO Data Sheet on Quarantine Pests.
2008. US Forest Service. 18 Nov. 2008 <http://www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/alb/
>. Path: National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS) -ALB. National Invasive Species Information Center. "Asian Long-Horned Beetle." National Invasive Species Information Center. 17 Nov. 2008. U.S.
Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library. 18 Nov. 2008
<http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov>.
Asian Long horned Beetle
(Anoplophora glabripennis)
General Info:
Also known as the starry sky beetle or ALB
Large black insect with white spots on wing covers; legs are bluish white on upper surface. adults are typically 1-1.5 in. long. The distinctive long antennae that give the beetle its common name are as long as the body in females and almost twice the body length in males
Detailed Description (Life Cycle/Reproduction):
The ALB spends most of its life cycle inside of the tree.
Female beetles eat through layers of fibrous tree tissue and deposit her eggs inside the trunk of the tree safe from harm. This damages the tree's vital plumbing and inner systems needed for sending water to the branches. An individual female can lay from 35 to 90 eggs; they then hatch between 10-15 days from when they are laid. The beetle larvae feed on the living tree tissue during the fall and winter, and then they emerge out of exit holes during the spring. After they exit, they feed on the exterior of the tree for 2-3 days then....they mate. They are only active during summer and early fall months before dying- completing a one year life cycle.
They feed on the trees they were hatched in.
They are so successful because there is no known chemical or biological defense against it.
The ALB out compete the native species because they kill trees that some species inhabit or feed off of.
Habitat and Distribution:
The ALB live in trees. They especially like maple, horse chestnuts, poplars, willows, elms, mulberries and black locusts.
They are originally from China and have spread to Brooklyn and Amityville, New York, and to Chicago, Illinois.
Impacts:
They have no positive impact on the environment. Their negative impact is they destroy hardwood trees. By eating the trees and damaging the trees insides.
The economic impact is the cost of cutting down, chipping and burning of trees. This has to be done by certified tree personnel so additional costs might be necessary.
History:
The Asian Long horned beetle is originally from Asia and was accidently shipped to the U.S. in 1996.
The first incident of this species was in Brooklyn, New York.
Control Measures:
Only way to eliminate this beetle is by cutting down the trees the beetles inhabit. The foresters after identifying the trees have to cut them down and burn them to kill the beetles.
This has resulted in thousand of trees being removed from areas threatened by the beetles.
Work Cited:
Peabody, Erin, and Alfredo Flores. "New defenses against the daunting Asian longhorned beetle." Agricultural Research. 54. 5 (May 2006): 14(2). Student Resource Center - Gold. Gale. Stroudsburg High School. 18 Nov. 2008 <http://find.galegroup.com/srcx/infomark.do? &contentSet=IAC-Documents &type=retrieve &tabID=T002 &prodId=SRC-1 &docId=A145836837 &source=gale &srcprod=SRCG &userGroupName=stro53037 &version=1.0>.
EPPO. EPPO Data Sheet on Quarantine Pests. EPPO Data Sheet on Quarantine Pests.
2008. US Forest Service. 18 Nov. 2008 <http://www.na.fs.fed.us/fhp/alb/
>. Path: National Agricultural Pest Information System (NAPIS) -ALB.
National Invasive Species Information Center. "Asian Long-Horned Beetle."
National Invasive Species Information Center. 17 Nov. 2008. U.S.
Department of Agriculture National Agricultural Library. 18 Nov. 2008
<http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov>.
TreeHelp.com. "Asian Longhorned Beetle." TreeHelp. 2005. 18 Nov. 2008
<http://www.asian-longhorned-beetle.com>.